Navajo Dam vs Turley

A side-by-side comparison of Navajo Dam and Turley: population, income, housing, and more.

Navajo Dam and Turley are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Turley has the higher population (250 vs 240 in Navajo Dam). Navajo Dam has the higher median home value ($213,600 vs $120,300 in Turley). Since 2019, Navajo Dam's population has grown faster (-9.8% vs -38.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Navajo Dam	Turley
Population	240	250
Median age	58.8 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,900
Median home value	$213,600	$120,300
Housing units	228	139
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	25.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Navajo Dam	Turley
Population	266 → 240 (-9.8%)	403 → 250 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$61,111 → $63,375 (+3.7%)	$50,990 → $46,900 (-8.0%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $213,600 (+120.9%)	$132,900 → $120,300 (-9.5%)

Navajo Dam

Population

266240

Median household income

$61,111$63,375

Median home value

$96,700$213,600

Turley

Population

403250

Median household income

$50,990$46,900

Median home value

$132,900$120,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Navajo Dam	Turley
Under 5	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	10.8%	7.6%
18 to 24	0.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	32.5%	14.0%
75 and over	11.7%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Navajo Dam	Turley
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	42.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	58.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Navajo Dam	Turley
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	58.0%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Navajo Dam	Turley
Drove alone	94.2%	94.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Navajo Dam	Turley
1-unit, detached	30.7%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	69.3%	79.1%

Poverty & households

	Navajo Dam	Turley
Poverty rate	34.2%	1.2%
Average household size	2.88	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1995	1978